Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Longhorn to use UNIX-like User Permissions

Posted by Zonk on from the making-their-own-osx dept.

destuxor writes "After years of Windows users abusing administrative accounts out of necessity, Microsoft promises that Longhorn will make better use of user permissions in what sounds exactly like what UNIX/Linux users have been doing for years. Hopefully this will fix the long list of applcations that cannot be run by a Least-Privilege User Account (LUA) while giving a much-needed security boost. Too bad "MS-root" can't watch over your grandmother when she opens emails."

6 of 697 comments (clear)

  1. Permission Differences by buckhead_buddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    No the Microsoft permissions in Longhorn will be different from Unix permissions...
    They'll be patented. :-)

  2. No, Unix uses Windows-style permissions by badmicrophone · · Score: 5, Funny

    well, it will once MS finally patents them like they did sudo.

    http://taint.org/2004/08/20/024522a.html

    --
    Check out my music video!

  3. Re:Years behind by RLW · · Score: 4, Funny

    You forgot the read the fine print.

    M$FT is innovative in the realm of the MS Windows OSes. It does a better job of adding new innovative features to various MS Windows OSes better than anyone else does.

    It's a very narrow scope.

  4. Re:Are Unix permissions fine-grained enough? by Queer+Boy · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'd like to have multiple "hats" per user. Each user would have a personal equivalent of /etc/passwd describing their different hats (web, graphics, work, music, etc)

    On UNIX we call this "groups" it's fabulous.

    --
    Not since Marie-Antoinette played milkmaid has looking simple and honest been so fake and complicated.
  5. Re:Home by Quarters · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Incidentally none of my games on OS X require superuser or even an admin account. Although they require it for installation if you install anywhere else but ~/"

    Would that game be Breakout, SuperBreakout, or Photoshop?

  6. Re:Come on over to Linux! by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reminds me of that VMS admin they found deep in the heard of some DEC building last year. From what I understand, he still doesn't believe that Compaq bought out his company, and they're having a hell of a time tracking him own in there. Late at night he somehow evades security cameras, sneaks out and defaces HP logos.

    They say you can hear his screams of "thread-level security" echo through the halls.